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  • In 2016 87% of those arriving by sea to Greece came from the top ten refugee producing countries.
    highlight 27 Feb 2017 (7 years ago)
    / Various - Refugees/Migrants
  • NGOs provide additional and much needed rescue capacity. In 2016, 26 per cent of all rescue operations in the central Mediterranean were performed by NGOs, more than twice than the previous year.
    highlight 29 Mar 2017 (7 years ago)
    / Various - Refugees/Migrants
  • Physical barriers and restrictive policies in Hungary have resulted in effectively denying access to territory and asylum for those in need of international protection.
    highlight 10 Apr 2017 (6 years ago)
    / Various - Refugees/Migrants
  • Since the beginning of 2017, one person out of 35 has died on the sea journey from Libya to Italy.
    highlight 07 May 2017 (6 years ago)
    / Various - Refugees/Migrants
  • New measures on both sides of the Central Mediterranean Sea to seriously combat trafficking are needed.
    highlight 11 Jun 2017 (6 years ago)
    / Various - Refugees/Migrants
  • A UNHCR study finds that around half of those travelling to Libya do so believing they can find jobs there, but end up fleeing onwards to Europe to escape life-threatening insecurity, instability, difficult economic conditions plus widespread exploitation and abuse.
    highlight 03 Jul 2017 (6 years ago)
    / Various - Refugees/Migrants
  • UNHCR calls for additional 40,000 resettlement places to be made available for refugees located in 15 priority countries along the Central Mediterranean route.
    highlight 11 Sep 2017 (6 years ago)
    / Various - Refugees/Migrants
  • Extremely vulnerable refugees must be evacuated from Libya as soon as possible. UNHCR is calling for 1,300 resettlement places by March 2018.
    highlight 11 Dec 2017 (6 years ago)
    / Various - Refugees/Migrants
  • UNHCR is calling on the Greek Government to continue easing pressure on Lesvos, Chios and Samos, by further shortening procedures for people eligible to move, and urgently improving conditions for those who continue to stay.
    highlight 22 Dec 2017 (6 years ago)
    Greece / Various - Refugees/Migrants
  • Oltre 300,000 persone hanno attraversato il Mar Mediterraneo, tra cui 200,000 dirette in Grecia e 110,000 in Italia. (UNHCR)
    highlight 28 Aug 2015 (8 years ago)
    Italy / Various - Refugees/Migrants